All the abandoned and out-of-service railroad lines across the United States.
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) August 18, 2026
The U.S. railroad network reached its peak in 1916 at roughly 254,037 route miles, following decades of rapid expansion that connected farms, mines, factories, and small towns to national markets.… pic.twitter.com/MLcTHgF6v9
I agree with you @Starcourse . He seemed genuinely perplexed at the criticism he attracted. It was as if he’d never experienced it before. Adult after adult had lied to him about his qualities. The Australian anthropologist Peter Sutton coined an apt phrase to describe how he was… https://t.co/TIzkx1TdSs
— nigel biggar (@NigelBiggar) August 16, 2026
This is one of the most beautiful paintings of Christ ever made, and for over a century people have walked past the one detail that holds its entire meaning...
— James Lucas (@JamesLucasIT) August 16, 2026
It is called The Light of the World, painted by the English Pre-Raphaelite artist William Holman Hunt. Christ stands at… pic.twitter.com/LnzwbIQbnK
Books helping introverts avoid conversations since 1454. pic.twitter.com/0AU1ocWT0N
— Sophia Proneikos (@Pergament_F) August 17, 2026
How personality changes with age.
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) August 16, 2026
-Blue: Neuroticism
-Green: Extraversion
-Red: Openness to experience
-Orange: Agreeableness
-Purple: Conscientiousnesshttps://t.co/yb32wBP5ZF pic.twitter.com/rKBr5QDvNz
What fascinates me about this armour is that it was never meant to look merely functional.
— HerodotusWave (@HerodotusWave) August 17, 2026
Made by Bartolomeo Campi in 1546 for Guidobaldo II della Rovere, it deliberately borrows the visual language of ancient Rome: a sculpted muscular cuirass, lion-headed shoulders, and lavish… pic.twitter.com/f10LM3SeUl
Een hartverwarmend filmpje.
— Michael Verstraeten (@MichaelVerstrae) August 15, 2026
De meest vooraanstaande epidemioloog ter de wereld, John Ioannidis, legt uit hoe epidemiologen intellectueel uitgeschakeld werden in de coronaperiode. Wie kritiek had kreeg de staatsvirologen en de hele media over zich. De meeste epidemiologen… pic.twitter.com/t2G2c2MMS2
I just want you to remember. That we live in a world where octopuses dream, otters have a favorite shell that they carry with them all their lives, cows have best friends, and bees have different "dialects" of dance depending on the region. Cats purr at a frequency that…
— 🤠(@heavensbvnny) August 15, 2026
Probably the most relatable diary entry ever written.
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) August 17, 2026
Tolstoy wrote these diary entries in 1858, when he was around 30 years old and still years away from writing War and Peace and Anna Karenina.
He had already served in the Crimean War and was gaining recognition as a… pic.twitter.com/W7Wdhoi1DR
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